Awards and Honors

In 2009, the Division of Rheumatology was supported by grants totaling more than $6 million, including a Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Rheumatology (P60) grant, nine R01s, two DOD research grants, two R21s, two R03s, three career development K awards, a T32 training grant, and five American Recovery and Reinvestment Act supplemental awards.

Calvin R. Brown, Jr., MD
Best Doctors, Inc. 1996-present
Chair, American College of Rheumatology Committee on Workforce and Training
Council Member, Association of Specialty Professors
Top Doctors in America by Castle Connelly Medical, Ltd.

Rowland W. Chang, MD, MPH
Arthritis Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter, Silver Achiever Award
Board member, Arthritis Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter
Board member, National Office of the Arthritis Foundation
Best Doctors, Inc. 2003-present
Editorial board member, Arthritis Care and Research
Top Doctors in America by Castle Connelly Medical, Ltd.

Syamal K. Datta, MD
National Institutes of Health Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Award

Dorothy D. Dunlop, PhD
Editorial board member, Arthritis Care and Research
Editorial board member, Public Library of Science – Medicine

Monique E. Hinchcliff, MD
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (K12) Career Development Award

Darcy S. Majka, MD
2009 Northwestern University Excellence in Teaching Award

Harris R. Perlman, PhD
Associate editor, Arthritis Research & Therapy
Mentor for the American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation Medical and Graduate Student Achievement Award

Richard M. Pope, MD
Best Doctors, Inc. 1992-present
Co-editor, Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2005-2010
Member, National Institutes of Health ACTS Study Section
Top Doctors in America by Castle Connelly Medical, Ltd.

Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH
Associate editor, Arthritis & Rheumatism
Best Doctors, Inc. 2003-present
Board of Directors, American College of Rheumatology
Pfizer Visiting Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
Top Doctors in America by Castle Connelly Medical, Ltd.
“Autoimmune Diseases – What We Know and What We Can Do,” Illinois Women’s Health Conference, October 2009
Invited speaker, “Curbside Consults – SLE Cases,” American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, October 2009
Lupus Case Studies, American College of Rheumatology State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium, April 2009
Lupus Workshop, American College of Rheumatology State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium, April 2009
“Update in SLE Treatment,” Johns Hopkins Rheumatology Course, June 2010

Eric M. Ruderman, MD
Best Doctors, Inc. 1998-present
“The Great Debate: MTX versus Combo DMARD versus Biologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis,” Pan American League Against Rheumatism Annual Meeting, Santiago, Chile, April 2010
“Rheumatoid Arthritis: Evaluation and Management 2009,” Southern Medical Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, December 2009
“Measuring Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis,” American College of Rheumatology State of the Art Meeting, Chicago, April 2009

James L. Schroeder, MD
Best Doctors, Inc.
Top Doctors in America by Castle Connelly Medical, Ltd.

Leena Sharma, MD
Chair, National Institutes of Health Study Section–Neurological, Aging, and Musculoskeletal Epidemiology, 2009-2011
Osteoarthritis Research Society International Clinical Research Award
Top Doctors in America by Castle Connelly Medical, Ltd.

Christian Stehlik, PhD
Three National Institutes of Health Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Awards

John Varga, MD
Associate editor, Arthritis & Rheumatism
Best Doctors, Inc. 1998-present
Chair, Keystone Symposium of Fibrosis
Editor, Current Opinions in Rheumatology: Scleroderma
National Institutes of Health Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Award